Computer Science
Expertia Professional Global (EPG) is an online corporate training provider company for IT related courses. The company is setting up their new campus in Mumbai. You as a network expert have to study the physical locations of various buildings and the number of computers to be installed. In the planning phase, provide the best possible answers for the queries (i) to (iv) raised by them.

Building to Building Distance (in m) :
From | To | Distance |
---|---|---|
Admin. Building | Finance Building | 60 |
Admin. Building | Faculty Studio Building | 120 |
Finance Building | Faculty Studio Building | 70 |
Computers to be Installed in each Building :
Buildings | Computers |
---|---|
Admin. Building | 20 |
Finance Building | 40 |
Faculty Studio Building | 120 |
(i) Suggest the most appropriate building, where EPG should plan to install the server.
(ii) Suggest the most appropriate building cable layout to connect all three buildings for efficient communication.
(iii) Which type of network out of the following is formed by connecting the computers of the buildings?
- LAN
- MAN
- WAN
(iv) Which wireless channel out of the following should be opted by EPG to connect to students of all over the world ?
- Infrared
- Microwave
- Satellite
Answer
(i) EPG should install the server in Faculty Studio Building as it houses the maximum number of computers. Thus, it will reduce cable cost and keep maximum traffic local.
(ii) The most appropriate building cable layout to connect all three buildings for efficient communication is given below:
Administrative Building - Finance Building - Faculty Studio Building
(iii) LAN network is formed as the distance between the three buildings is less than 1 km.
(iv) Satellite communication should be opted by EPG to connect to students of all over the world.
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Approximate distances between these offices as per network survey team is as follows :
Place From Place To Distance Back Office Front Office 10 km Back Office Work Office 70 m Back Office East Office 1291 km Back Office West Office 790 km Back Office South Office 1952 km In continuation of the above, the company experts have planned to install the following number of computers in each of their offices :
Back Office 100 Front Office 20 Work Office 50 East Office 50 West Office 50 South Office 50 (i) Suggest network type (out of LAN, MAN, WAN) for connecting each of the following offices :
- Back Office and Work Office
- Back Office and South Office
(ii) Which device you will suggest to be produced by the company for connecting all the computers with in each of their offices out of the following devices ?
- Switch/Hub
- Modem
- Telephone
(iii) Which of the following communication medium, you will suggest to be procured by the company for connecting their local offices in New Delhi for very effective and fast communication ?
- Telephone Cable
- Optical Fibre
- Ethernet Cable
(iv) Suggest a cable/wiring layout for connecting the company's local offices located in New Delhi. Also, suggest an effective method/technology for connecting the company's regional offices-"East Office", "West Office" and "South Office" with offices located in New Delhi.
INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL in Darjeeling is setting up the network between its different wings. There are 4 wings named as SENIORS(S), JUNIOR(J), ADMIN(A) and HOSTEL(H).
Distance between various wings are given below :
Wing A to Wing S 100 m Wing A to Wing J 200 m Wing A to Wing H 400 m Wing S to Wing J 300 m Wing S to Wing H 100 m Wing J to Wing H 450 m Number of Computers
Wing A 10 Wing S 200 Wing J 100 Wing H 50 (i) Suggest a suitable Topology for networking the computer of all wings.
(ii) Name the wing where the server is to be installed. Justify your answer.
(iii) Suggest the placement of Hub/Switch in the network.
(iv) Mention an economic technology to provide internet accessibility to all wings.
Eduminds University of India is starting its first campus in a small town Parampur of Central India with its center admission office in Delhi. The university has 3 major buildings comprising of Admin Building, Academic Building and Research Building in the 5 KM area Campus.
As a network expert, you need to suggest the network plan as per (1) to (4), keeping in mind the distances and other given parameters.
Expected Wire distances between various locations :
Research Building to Admin Building 90 m Research Building to Academic Building 80 m Academic Building to Admin Building 15 m Delhi Admission Office to Parampur Campus 1450 km Expected number of Computers to be installed at various locations in the University are as follows :
Research Building 20 Academic Building 150 Admin Building 30 Delhi Admission Office 5 (i) Suggest the authorities, the cable layout amongst various buildings inside the university campus for connecting the buildings.
(ii) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of this organisation, with a suitable reason.
(iii) Suggest an efficient device from the following to be installed in each of the buildings to connect all the computers :
- GATEWAY
- MODEM
- SWITCH
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- Telephone line
- Fixed-Line Dial-up connection
- Co-axial Cable Network
- GSM
- Leased line
- Satellite Connection
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Center to center distances between various buildings are :
Law School to Business School 60 m Law School to Technology School 90 m Law School to Admin Center 115 m Business School to Technology School 40 m Business School to Admin Center 45 m Technology School to Admin Center 25 m No. of Computers in each of the buildings are :
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(b) Suggest an ideal layout for connecting these Schools/center for a wired connectivity.
(c) Which device you will suggest to be placed/installed in each of these Schools/center to efficiently connect all the computers within these Schools/center ?
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